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BUTTON SETTING MACHINE.

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GEORGE A. MOSHER, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

BUTTON-SETTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 693,048, dated February 1 l, 1902 Application filed May 2,1892. Renewed June 13, 1900- Serial No. 20,189. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE A. MOSHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Setting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to such improvements; and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described tive parts is that assumed when the machine is idle, a fastener being shown in the holding member in position to be set upon the fabric. Fig. 2 is a View similar to that shown in Fig. 1, the respective parts being shown in the position assumed when the machine has completed the operation of setting a fastener upon the fabric, also showing a central vertical longitudinal section of the stationary supply-chute. The standard is wholly broken away and some of the parts are removed to better show the remaining parts. Fig. 3 is a View in front elevation with the cover in place. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the machine as shown in Fig. Fig. 5 is a vertical cross-section of the plunger which locates the fasteners in the holding member,

are respectively side, front, and top views of the setting-dies and die-supporting block. Figs. 12 and 13 are respectively side and front elevations of a block which is adjustably connected with the die-supporting block and adapted to be engaged by the main actuating-lever of the machine. Fig. 14 is a right and left screw-threaded link for connecting the blocks shown in Figs. 9 and 12. Fig. 15 is a section taken on the broken line 15 15 in Fig. 2, showing the. fulcrum oft-he actuating-leverand the adjustable bearing-blocks which support such fulcrum. bottom plan View of the tubular holding member detached. Fig. 17is a vertical crosssection of such member, taken on the broken line 17 17 in Fig. 16 and showing a button with one of the wide fasteners inserted in the button-eye seated in the holding member.

' Fig. 18 is a similar section taken on the broken line 18 18 in Fig. 16, showing the seatingsprings without a button and fastener. Fig. 19 is a longitudinal horizontal section of the holding member,taken on the broken line 19 19 in Fig. 18, showing the inclined portions of the springs in plan. Fig. 20 is a cross-section of a detachable supply-chute and chute-supporting mechanism, taken on the broken line 20 20in Fig. 2 with the chute in position for use. Fig. 21 is a similar view of a smaller detachable supply chute and chute supporting mechanism for the same. Fig. 22 is a top plan or end view of the sauccr-shaped setting-die for the wider fastener. Fig. 23 is a vertical section of the same, taken on the broken line 23 23 in Fig. 22. Fig. 24 is aside elevation of a portion of the holding member supporting a fastener and a sectional view of one of the wires forming the saucer-shaped die in engagement with a prong of such fastener. The last three figures are drawn upon an enlarged scale. Fig. 25 is a horizontal section of the setting-dies and adjustable settin g-die guide with theinclosing case,taken on the broken line 25 25 in Fig. 2. Fig. 26 is a sectional View showing a button secured to a piece of fabric by a narrow fastener set by my improved machine by turning the fastenerprongs outwardly. Fig. 27 is a similar View showing the button secured by a wider fastener set by my improved machine by turning the fastener-prongs inwardly.

My improved machine comprises a stationary supply-chute containing a raceway for the buttons and fasteners pendent from the button-eyes, a setting member having setting- Fig. 16 is a form of a cylindrical tube screw-th readed exteriorly to fit the interiorly-threaded end of a hollow standard A, containing the treadlelink A and retracting-spring S. The spring is secured at its lower end to the link and at its upper end to the case at S.

B is a stationary supply-chute fixed to the upper portion of the case and provided with a longitudinal slot B, adapted to receive the eye of a button while the button is being fed along the chute. The chute is provided on its under side with a groove or channel B for the fastener, pendent from the eye of the button. 7

O is the setting member, having one or more setting-dies of any known form.

The holding member D is fixed upon one arm of a bell-crank Lever D, supported upon the journals D having end hearings in the case-walls.

One side of the case is a removable cover A which may be secured to the main case by screws adapted to fit the threaded holes A in the case and corresponding holes in the cover.- The holding member is provided with a slot D extending longitudinally of the member and open at both ends to form an open raceway for the buttons and pendent fasteners. The inner open end of such slot is adapted to register with the slot in the supply-chute when the holding member is in an elevated position, as shown in Fig. 1. When such slots register, buttons with pendent fasteners can be easily fed in any known manner from the chute into the holding member to a position for the pendent fastener to engage and be set by the setting-die when the members are operated. The holding member is'operated by means of the actuating-lever E, fulcru med or pivoted at E and provided at one end witha follower-roller E adapted to alternately engage and follow the cam-surfaces D D one upon each arm of the bell-crank lever. Power is applied to the actuating-lever through the link A connected with a treadle and retracting-spring. The treadle is not shown in the drawings, as any known form of motor may be employed to operate the machine. When the holding membe'r'is in the position shown in Fig. 1, with its slot registering with the slot in the supply-chute, the cam-surface on the'lower arm of the bell-crank lever extends known manner.

across the path of the follower-roller in a position to be engaged by such roller when the actuating-lever is operated and forced downward to the position shown in Fig. 2. The

movement thus imparted to the bell-crank lever is sufficient to bring the holding member into cooperation with the setting member to set the fasten er, as will be hereinafter more fully explained. Such movement also brings the cam-surface on the upper arm of the bellcrank lever across the path of the followerroller in a position to be engaged by the roller when the actuating-lever is operated in an upward direction. The upward movement of the actuating-lever forces the several parts into the position shown in Fig. 1. Forintroducing a button and its pendent fastener from the supply-chute into the holding member and locating them in the latter I provide a plunger F, reciprocatory in a slideway F, formed ill the bell-crank lever. The plunger is located directly beneath the supply-chute and moves in the same vertical plane with the slots in the supply-chute and holding member. The plunger-slideway may have a stationary supportor be formed in the movable lever which supports the holding member, as shown. In either case the reciprocating movements of the plunger are so timed and directed as to cause the head or end of the plunger which engages with the fasteners to move along the groove B formed in the lower side of the supply-chute when the holding member is in alinement with the supplychute, as shown in Fig. 1. By imparting to the plungerlogitudinally-reciprocating movements of the required amplitude when the holding member and supply-chute register with each other a button and pendent fastener can be transferred from the chute to any desired point in the slot ofthe holding member. Such reciprocating movements may be imparted to the plunger by hand or in any As a preferred means for operating the plunger I provide a cam-lever F fulcrumed upon the case at F. This lever is provided with a cam groove or slot F adapted to receive an actuating-follower F fixed upon the actuating-lever E, which .may be a projection of the roller-axle, as

shown, or any known form of follower.

The lever is also provided with a cam groove or slot F adapted to receive afollower F fixed upon the plunger. The follower may be a stud projecting from a slide-block F secured to the plunger and adapted to slide in a slot or slideway F opening from the plungerslideway in the bell-crank lever. The vibra tory movements {of the actuating-lever E thus impart vibratory movements to the camlever, and the vibratory movements of the latter impart reciprocating movements to the plunger. The cam-groove F is so shaped that the cam-lever and theplunger are actuated only while the bell-crank lever is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the follower passing along the lower end of the groove without moving the cam-lever and plunger. Consequently reciprocating movements are imparted to the plunger only when the holding member and supply-chute are in alinement, and vibratory movements are imparted to the holding member only when the plunger is at rest from its reciprocating movements.

To insure the accurate location of the button and pendent fastener in the holding memher in a position for the fastener to engage,

and be set by the setting-die, I provide a positive stop to limit the, forward movement of the plunger. The projecting rear end of the plunger is screw-threaded and provided with a stop-nut F screwed thereon, to form a stop adapted to engage the seat F formed upon the bell-crank lever at the rear end of the plunger-slideway and located in the path of the plunger-stop. The nut is easily turned upon the screw-threaded end of the plunger to change its position longitudinally of the plunger,and thereby vary the limit of the forward movement of the head of the plunger. The forward movement of the plunger being induced by the spring S is only limited 'by the engagement of the stop-nut F with its seat, as before explained. I am thus able to determine the exact location of the button and fastener in the holding member and properly locate them relatively to the settingdie in the setting member.

When the nut F has been adjusted to the desired position, it may be locked by means of the screw F By having the stop on the plunger itself and the stop-seat on the plunger-support there is no lost motion, such as takes place where levers or other connections of more of less yielding nature intervene, and I am able to secure the greatest possible accuracy, a matter of importance in the use of some kinds of fasteners and setting-dies.

By means of a removable stop-seat G, pivoted upon the plunger-support at G, I am able to give the fasteners either of two locations or seats in the holding member without changing the adjustment of the stop-nut on the plunger, the distance apart of the fastener-seats being the thickness of the removable stop-seat. By placing the appropriate dies in the setting member opposite such fastener-seats I can use two different kinds of fasteners-in the same machine and easily and quickly adapt the machine to the use of either kind of fastener, it only being necessary to remove or insert the removable seatbetween the stop-nut and its fixed seat to bring the fastener into a position to engage a selected die.

It is obvious that any desired number of removable plunger-stop seats and setting-dies may be employed so long as the dies are ar-v ranged in line with the slot in the holding member, so that the plunger can locate a fastener over the appropriate die.

lVhen desired, detachable chutes G3 may be employed to supply buttons and pendent fasteners to the fixed supply-chute, from which they are carried one at a time to the holding member by the plunger, as before described. The mechanism which I employ to support the detachable chutes in position to register with the fixed chute consists of a clamp-socket G, formed of some yielding material, preferably a strip of sheet metal bent longitudinally into a form approximately U- shaped in cross-section, with the upper portion of the yielding side walls G bent to form grooves adapted to receive and support the sides of the chute G the resiliency of the metal forcing the side walls toward each other sufficiently to clamp and firmly support the chute. The clamp is secured to the fixed chute B or other support, as by screws G in position to causethe detachable chute to register with the supply-slot B in the fixed chute. The strength of the clamp is sufficient to firmly support the chute without interfering with its easy insertion and withdrawal from the clamp. As a means for supporting a smaller detachable chute G adapted to supply another kind of fastener, I provide a detachable socket-clamp G similarin cross-sectional form to the fixed clamp, adapted to be inserted in and supported by the fixed clamp in the same manner as a detachable chute is supported by such clamp, as beforedescribed. The upper portions of the side Walls of the detachable clamp are curved to approxi mately fit the detachable chute G when inserted therein and support the same in posi* tion to register with the fixed chute.

To substitute one type of fastener for another type in operating the machine, it is only necessary to change the detachable chutes and remove or insert the removable plungerstop seat, as before described.

Any known form of feeding device maybe employed for feeding the buttons and pendent fasteners one at atime to a position in the stationary chute to be engaged by the plum ger and forced into the holding member. The end of the fixed chute contiguous to the vibratory holding member may be inclined upwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, to correspond with the inclination of such member and hold the pendent fasteners in the path of the plunger, while the other end of the fixed chute, or the detachable chute which forms a continuation of the same, inclines upwardly in the opposite direction and has a greater degree of inclination to cause the buttons and pendent fasteners to run down the same by gravity. The latter portion of the chute or chutes I term the gravity-chute and that portion contiguous to the holding member the positive-feed chute, because the buttons cannot be fed along the same by gravity, but must be forced along by some positively-feeding mechanism, such as the plunger.

The gravity-chute and the positive-feed chute are connected by a curved portion B", as shown, to facilitate the transfer of the buttons and fasteners from one incline to the other and also to facilitate the use of my novel feeding mechanism for positivelyfeeding the .buttons one at a time from the gravity-chute across. the curved portion into the positive-feed chute in position for the fastener to be engaged by the plunger.

The segment H of the feeding mechanism is'rotarily supported by the ears H, fixed upon the supply-chute B, and is provided with a seat or recess H in'its periphery adapted to receive a single button a. The segment is supported above the supply-chute with its axis at right angles to the slot inthe'chute and so located that when the segment is partially rotated the button-seat inits periphery is moved through an arc intersecting the path ofthe buttons in the chute. Axial move ments areimparted to the segment through the bell-crank lever, a follower-pin H inthe lever engaging with-the walls of the camgroove H in the segmentwhen the holding member is moved to and from the setting member. 'Thesegment is preferably located directly opposite the curved portion of the supply-chute, and the cam mechanism for operating the segment is so constructed that the movement'ofthe holding member to or from the setting member causes 'the button-seat to be moved through an approximate quadrant,which movement is sufficient to feed the seated button from the lower end of the gravity-chute across the curved portion and into the positive-feed chute to a position for'its pendent fastener to be engaged by the plunseat from the others in the chute carries it forward into the positive-feed chute in position for its eye and-the fastener pendent therefrom to be engaged by the plunger, the buttons left in the gravity-chute being held back by the circular periphery of the segment until the seat is returned to receive another button. As shoe-buttons are variable in size, I prefer to provide a yielding self-adjusting seat.

'This I accomplish by forming a partof the segmentof resilient sheet metal H arched or indented to form the button-seat. The normal shape and position of the seat is such that it is adapted to. receive and carry the smaller buttons, and when larger buttons are' fed to the seat it yields sufficiently to receive and carry them one at a time. This novel feeding mechanism is adapted for use independently of the other features of my improved machine as a means forfeeding buttons, with or without fasteners attached, along a chute or raceway, the segment being operatedin any known manner.

The setting member comprises a guide J on the lower side of the fabric.

for the dies detachably and adj ustably secured to the case, and a plurality of movable setting-dies J J The setting-dies are preferably made of steel wire secured in a supporting-'block'J common to each die. The guide is provided with perforations or openingsJ and .1 adapted to receive and fit the wire dies. The block J is adjustably connected'with another block J by means of a link. J serewthreaded at each end to fit screw-threaded apertures in the blocks. The threads on one end of the link may be finer than'those on the other end, or the ends may be right and left hand threaded. When desired, the two blocks J and J may be integral with each other, as indicated by dotted lines J in Fig. 2. The link may be rotated in the blocks bya leverinserted in apertures J in hub J or in any known manner. The dies are given a verticall y-reciprocatin g movement in the guide by means of the actuatinglever E, the short end of which inserted in the opening J in the die-supporting block alternatelyengagesthe upper and lower walls of the opening. The upper and lower walls of the opening are preferably such a distance apart that the actuating-lever does not engage the' upper wall to force the dies upward until the cam-follower on the actuating-lever has engaged the lower cam-surface on the bell-crank lever and forced the holding member downward to the position shown in Fig. 2 and driven the-fastener down through the interposed fabric into the guide-openings.

After the holding memberis thus acted upon the actuating-lever moves, on carrying its follower-roller down, the lower cam-surface on the bell-crank lever and forcing the dies upward through their guidesto set the fastener The lower cam-surface of the bell-crank lever is approximately the arc of a circle having the fulcrum of the actuating-lever as a center, so that the holding member is held against the fabric and enabled to resist the upward thrust of the setting-dies. The forward pair of wires J form the movable setting-die adapted to set tate the spreading of the fastener-prongs.

The rear set of dies J 2 is adapted to set a wide staple d by turning the prongs inwardly toward each other. By having the guide stationary and both dies J movable I am able to drive the straight prongs of the fastener through the fabric before they are bent by the setting-die, thereby making the least posrod sible cut in the fabric when inserting the fastener-prongs and producing a strong and durable support for the fastener in the fabric. I provide the upper end of each wire forming the die J with a conical recess J \Vhen the ends of the die so recessed come in contact with the ends of the fastener-prongs, the prongs are forced to the lowest part or center of the recesses, which causes the prongs of all the fasteners to assume a uniform position in the operation of setting.

It frequently happens, even in button-setting machines having a stationary holding member, that the prongs of pendent fasteners do not hang vertically and are not set uniformly. In the use of my improved die if the prongs do not hang in position to strike the centers of the die-wires the centrally-inclined walls of the recesses will serve to direct the prongs into a uniform and proper position, as shown in Fig. 24, the solid lines showing the ends of the prongsin the proper position and the dotted lines indicating a prong inclined with its end in engagement with a side wall of the recess in the end of the setting-die. When desired, the ends of the die may have a shallow groove J along a straight line connecting the centers of the recesses in the ends of the die-wires to furtherguide the ends of the prongs as they pass from the recesses and keep the prongs in alinement with each other when set upon the fabric. By turning the screw-link J in the required direction the length ofthe supporting-block J J can be varied as desired, and by lengthening the block without changing the vibratory move:

ment of the actuating-lever the dies areforced into closer proximity to the holding member to set the fasteners more closely upon the fabric. Such longitudinal adjustment of the connection between the dies and actuating-lever also affords a convenient means for compensating for the wear of parts, if the wear should be sufficient to permit the dies to fall short of fully setting the fasteners upon the fabric. The limitof the downward movement of the holding member toward the setting member can also be varied to accommodate the space between these cooperating members to the thickness of the fabric. Such variation is accomplished by means of the adj ustable bearing-blocks A", which are movable in the slideways formed by the guides A on the case-walls. These bearing-blocks support the bearings for the fulcrum of the actuating-lever, and each block abuts at its lower or outer end upon an adjusting-screw A projecting exteriorly of the case through a threaded aperture in the ease-wall. The slideways are preferably arranged to permit the bearingblocks to be moved toward and from the lower cam-surface on the bell-crank lever. To bring the limit of the downward vibratory movement of the holding member nearer to the setting member, it is only necessary to turn the exteriorly projecting screws A inwardly,

.' thereby forcing the bearing-blocks and the fulcrum of the actuating-lever which they support nearer the lower cam-surface of the bell-crank lever, whereby the cam-follower on the actuating-lever amplifies the downward movement of the holding member.

, When desired, the bell-crank lever may be actuated in one direction by a separate spring to move it from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 1, as by the coil-spring A inserted between the edge wall of the case and the lower end of the bell-crank lever.

D projecting from the lower end of the lever. The spring A is preferably strong enough to force the holding member up into alinement with the supply-chute independently of the action of the follower E upon the cam-surface D The plunger F is thus carried upward into line with the fastener-grooves in the holding member and lower end of the fixed chute before its forward reciprocatory movementbegins, thereby insuring full and positive ,engagement of the plunger with the button eye and fastener to carry the latter from the sta' holding member. The upward movement of the holding member is limited by a stop A on the case so located as to stop the holding member in position to properly aline with the stationary chute. The recess D in the bellcrank leveraffords space between the follower E and the lever to permit of the free movement ofthe lever under the influence of the spring A after the follower reaches the recess. The recess also permits of the free movement of the lever when the follower alone actuates the lever by alternately engaging its cam-surfaces. The holding memher on the upper arm of the bell-crank lever may be of any known suitable form, but I prefer to make use of a detachable tube D, having an open slot D extending the whole length of the tube to form the raceway for the button-eyes. D isthegrooveformingtheraceway for the yokes of the fasteners. The narrow fasteners 19 when set upon the fabric are forced by the die-wires J upon the anvil-inclines K. Just back of these inclines I have shown cross-grooves or recesses K, one on each side of the raceway, which form the seat for thewider fastener d. The holding and setting members are so located relatively to each other that the seat K is opposite the die J which turns the prongs of the fastener inward to set them upon the fabric. The fasteners are located in their respective seats by the plunger, as before explained, in which position they are held up firmly against their seats by the seating-springsP, bearing up against the lower side of the buttons. The form of the two styles of fastener after they are set upon the fabric is shown in 'Figs.-26 and 27. The recesses K are so formed as to approximately fit the shoulders d of the fastener desired to be set by the machine and The spring is retained in position by the lug tionary chute and properly locate them in the I ICC form a seat therefor, while the seats K are inclined outwardly and upwardly from the fastener-groove to bend the prongs b of the narrow fastener up against the fabric. The length of the yoke or eye I)? of the narrow fastener 11, which projects above the fabric, depends uponthe thickness of the fabric and the depth of the groove D in the holding member. The deeper the groove the longer will be the eye formed in setting the fastener, and the thicker the fabric the shorter the projecting eye.

To obtain the same length of eyes on fabrics differing in thickness, I provide the holding member with a fastener-groove differing in depth and means for locating the fasteners in the desired part of the groove and the set ting-die opposite such part. I have shown in Fig. 2i the forward part of the holdingtube cut away on its lower side at K so as to make the groove D more shallow than it is at K, thus forming three separate seats for the fasteners in the same holding member; The fasteners are seated in a selected seat by varying the forward movement ofthe plunger, and the setting-die is adjustable longitudinally of the groove D as before explained. In the drawings I have shown the parts adapted for a small movement only of the guide-block and dies longitudinally of the groove D forming the raceway in the holding member. When desired, a larger space may be provided, the case and cover being cut back, as indicated by dotted lineg. (Shownin Fig. 2.) By having the supporting-arm of the bellcrank levergrooved or channeled to receive and fit the upper part of the detachable holding member a single screw K is sufficient to hold the member firmly in position, as shown, and Lam thus able to easily and quickly remove such holding member and substitutetherefor another member having fastenerseats differing in form and arrangement, the groove in the supporting-arm adjusting and retaining the member in its proper position to receive the fasteners from the supply-chute and present them to the setting-dies. The seating-springs P are preferably formed by striking from plane sheet-steel by suitable dies blanks having a body part or shank I with edge wings or springs P. The shank is bent into a tubular form adapted to fit the interior of the holding-tube and bring the springs into aposition approximately parallel with and contiguous to each dther. The shank is preferably perforated to receive the'end of the screw K by which the tube is secured to its support on the end of the bell-crank lever.

It is obvious that the guide J maybe integral with the case A; but by making the soaoes ing the dies longitudinally of the raceway D 'or to move the die laterally of such raceway to secure the proper adjustment after assembling the parts of the machine in the process of manufacture. As a preferred meansof adj ustably attaching the guide I provide its 7 front side with the inclines 6, adapted to be engaged with the adjusting-screws e, inserted in screw-threaded apertures in the case. The guide-block is also provided with a screwthreaded aperture 6 adapted to receive the screw 6 This screw is inserted through an elongated aperture, (indicated by the dotted lines e in Figs. 3 and 25,) so that its head bears upon the outside of the case and draws the guide-block against the screws e. By movingboth screws e in or out and securing the block in engagement with them by means of the screw e I am able to secure an adj ust- 'ary, slotted supply-chute mounted upon a rigid part of the frame, of a holding member movable to and fro between the setting member and supply-chute and provided with a slot open at both ends, adapted to register with the slot in the chute and receive therefrom a button with its pendent fastener, a plunger movable longitudinally of the slots in the chute and holding member for the purpose of feeding from the chute buttons with pendent fasteners, locating the buttons in, and discharging them from,the holding member, and means substantially as described foroperating the several parts, substantially asdescribed. 7

2. In a button-setting machine, thecombination with a bell-crank lever having cam: surfaces, and a holding member secured to the lever, of an actuating-lever fulcrumed intermediatelyof its ends, a cam-follower upon one arm of the actuating -lever engageable with the cam-surfaces on the bell-crank lever, a setting member consisting of a guide orsupport and a setting-die movable in such support, mechanism for connectingthe settingdie and the other arm of the actuating-lever, and means for operating the aotuatinglever, substantially as described.

3. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a setting member, and a stationary supply-chute, of a holding member movable to and fro between the setting member and supply-chute, a bell-crank lever for operating the holding member, having a camsurface on each of its arms, and a followerrecess D between its canrsurfa'ccs, a camfollower adapted to alternately engage the cam-surfaces on the lever, and means for actuating the cam-follower, substantially as described.

4. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a slotted holding member, a plunger movable to and fro along the slot in such member for locating fasteners pendent from buttons in the holding member, and means for imparting to-and-fro movements to the plunger, of a stop-seat, and stop on the plunger, the stop and seat being adj ustable relatively to each other, substantially as described.

5. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a holding member having a plurality of fastenenseats located successively along a common supply-groove, of a fastenerlocating plunger common to all the seats, and an adjustable stop for limiting the plunger movement, substantially as described.

6. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a slotted holding member having a plurality of fastener-seats and a supplygroove common to such seats, along which groove the seats are successively located, of a setting member having a plurality of setting-dies cooperative with the fastener-seats respectively, and a plunger movable longitudinally of the supply-groove and common to all the seats for locating a fastener pendent seat, means for communicating to-and-fro movements to the plunger, and an adjustable stop for limiting the plunger movement, substantially as described. a

8. In abutton-setting machine, and in combination, a slotted holding member, a slotted chute registering with the holding member, a setting member having a pair of settingdies arranged in alinement with the slot in the holding member, a locating-plunger movable longitudinally of the slot in the holding member, a stop on the plunger, a fixed seat in the path of the plunger-stop, a removable seat interposed between the fixed seat and the plunger-stop, and means for operating the plunger, substantially as described.

9. In a button-setting machine having a fixed button-supply chute, a holding member movable to and from the chute and means for operating the holding member, the combination with an axially-movable feeding-segment having a fixed support and a yielding buttonseat in its periphery adapted to receive buttons one at a time, of a cam connection between the segment and movable holding member for moving such yielding seat through an arc intersecting the button-supply path, substantially as described.

10. In a button-setting machine, a slotted holding member having a plurality of fastener-seats and setting-surfaces on its under side, and provided with a supply-groove common to such seats and setting-surfaces, the seats being successively located in the groove and differing from each other in depth relatively to the setting-surfaces, substantially as described.

11. In a button-setting machine, a slotted holding member having a plurality of fastener-seats and a supply-groove common to such seats, the seats being successively located along such groove and differing from each other in organized form, whereby they are respectively adapted to seat fasteners of different predetermined types, substantially 90 as described.

12. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a slotted holding member, of a setting-die, and a guide for the die, the die and the guide being adjustable transversely of the slot in the holding member, and means for holding the die and guide in adjustment, substantially as described.

13. In a button-setting machine having a plurality of button-fastener seats in the supply-groove of the holding member, a settingdie and mechanism substantially as described for adjusting the die longitudinally of such supply-groove, substantially as described.

14. In 'a button-setting machine, a holding member consisting of a tubeslotted longitudinally at its bottom, and a tubular member within the slotted tube consisting of a single piece of sheet metal having its body portion bent to approximately fit the interior of the slotted tube, and its longitudinal edge portions cut from the body part along its front end and upwardly inclined along the oppo-'. site sides of the tube-slot, substantially as described.

15. In a button-setting machine, a settingdie consisting of a pair of steel wires having their fastener-en gaging ends diverglngly beveled, substantially as described.

16. In abutton-set-ting machine, the combination With a setting member, a stationary supply-chute, a holding member movable to and fro between the setting member and supply-chute, and a stop to limit the upward movement of the holding member, of a bellcrank lever for operating the holding member having a cam-surface, a cam-follower adapted to engage the cam-surface for actuating the bell-crank lever to move the holding member toward the setting member, means for actuating the cam follower, and a retractingspring engaging the bell-crank lever to move the holding member from the setting member guide, and means for alternately actuating w to the supplychute, substantially as dethe holding member and die, substantially as scribed. described. e

17. In abutton-setting machine, the combi- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set nation withastationaryguide for the settingmy hand this 20th day of April, 1892. die, and a stationarysupply-chute, of a hold- GEO. A. MOSHER. ing member provided with a slot open at both I ends movable to and fro between the chute Witnesses:

FRANK O. CURTIS,

and guide, a setting-die movable in such A. E. DELANEY. 

